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What is going on, everyone?

I wanted to make a sequel to, I guess, probably one of the most popular podcast, video podcasts that I've made in a little bit.

The last one about success equals ingrained in time.

So I had more people reach out to me individually after that one than I think I've had in a long time.

And so I think I touched a little bit of vein there.

And so I wanted to do a little bit of a follow up.

But instead of having the topic be how to be on the defensive, which is sort of what the last one was about.

Kind of like basically controlling your space both, you know, like physically and mentally and making sure that no one that's in there

speaks over your puts things on you that are not what you want.

This one is about how to use that same concept on the offensive, how to manipulate others into creating the environment that you want.

And I want to tell three very short stories that should illustrate the concept.

And just a quick thing before I get into it, the difference between manipulation and help is intention.

If you are manipulating someone, and I purposely use a negative thing because it's more salient as a headline.

But manipulating is where you want someone you're trying to get someone to do something that has a negative outcome for them.

Whereas helping them is getting someone to do something that has a positive outcome for them, right?

Sales and helping should be the same thing, right?

Now that we've made that definition clear, there's a story, it's a Middle Eastern parable.

So maybe some of the Americans in the crowd haven't heard of it.

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